The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 07, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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FRIDAY. FEBHUAKY 7, 1SH6.
Ed. P. Ingle Editor tud Pi*>prieto
MUCH IN A NAME.
to Find Appellation*.
All the mechanism of novel writing
The Kentucky sentorial tijilit still
continues. A strong effort is being
made to elect Blackburn.
General Harrison's letter of with-
drawal from the list of presidential
candidates is furnishing a theme for
considerable political talk.
The railroads have increased
freight rates and the people are
powerless to prevent it. They pay
the freight and give the roads the
business.
There has been an increase of more There has been considerable fear
than $5 500,000 in the public debt for the safety of the fruit crop in
11 * ' ' ' I ... Ii*w Rome Novel Writer* Are Panlsd
so far during the month of February. Oklahoma owing to the past warm J
————"""" weather this winter but it is now be-1
The wheat market is steadily ad |je\ed that the greatest danger is haa a fascination for the general pub-
vancing owing to bad reports from .mgge(] \ fVV/ more days of warm,: "e *n<' no P"' more so than the fitting
, . . , , ' .... of names to the characters, say« the
the winter wheat growing districts. moist weather auch at prevailed dur-j N#w York Herald why certain ap-
-ing the lai.t two weeks of the month pellations are chosen whose aptness or
In the House this week a l IH j f janllar.. would have caused the U aintness 8trlKea the reader 18 a
passed making pugilism a felony. ^ U) ft|id , Ute col(1 j ^^"nam^anTZs Jim th°£ , ,, (f,
It is believed the bill will pass the i ^ wou)d tben proved disast-' Sneerwells. Backbit, Belal'rs, etc., and j have therefore arranged SPECIAL CONTRACT whicL enables us to
nate and become a law. j ^ j the later case, Thackery's Newcomes, | offer.
———7-^T-? ______ follow the simple rule of descriptive
, . i . [ names, but the raison d'etre of the
Just what a |«>pu is ai minis la- many thousands which constantly ab- |
tioil lias cost Cleveland county, is sorb the publit Interest Is utterly un-
The Fight Is On
We will soon be in the midst of a presidential campaign. W e
want our readers to have every opportunity of knowing what is going on
Missouri, or at least portions of il,
was treated to snow storm of con-
siderable extent a few days ago. At
Macon, a fall of fourteen inches of
znow is recorded.
Investigations may investigate, but
it takes money to purchase rye
whiskey. Guthrie Leader.
And of the two you prefer the
latter, don't you?
Cotton raising in Oklahoma will
pa), and pay well in nearly all eases.
It is a cash commodity and every
farmer should make it a point to
raise a few acres of the plant.
Congress seems to lie wasting a
good daal of valuable time on im-
material measures. Why don't the
members turn their attention to Ok-
lahoma's demand for speedy stale-
hood?
As a defender of the Oklahoma
Democratic administration, the
Guthrie Leader is kept pretty busy
these days. It will be out of joii in
that line so far as Oklahoma is con-
cerned, a year's lime hence.
Ex-marshal Nix is eredited with
having cleared this Territory of many
bad characters. Doubtless lie now
wishes that lie had made a cleaner
sweep and included in the number
some of those lie considered friends.
A large number of new Oklahoma
railroads have recently been granted
right of-way through the Territory
but actual construction seems to be a
little slow.
Only two hundred
divorces at Perry at.
other day. Oklahoma City will have
to look out or the divorce csnter will
lie moved northward.
The present month's weather is
not likely so be as pleasant as was
January in Oklahoma. Prof. Foster
predicts very severe storms about
the middle of the month.
The present is the time to buy Ok-
lahoma real e state Every prospect
now is favorable to good crops and
—II. VV. iStubbeman carries the larg-
! est stock ofsaddles and harness in the
I town Ids goods are the best and Ills
better times here next fall and there . ,)rjc89 are t|le lowest in the territory,
will surely be a rush of l*>meseekers Quick sales and small proUcs is hU
from less favored countries, here. I motto.
pretty hard to figure out but a great j certain. Dickens, it is well known, |
1 rnnsaeked old London for quaint and
many are studying over the problem , curloug names shQp signs werc hla
as lo what the reform that didn't re oBpeclal hunting ground and in this he
form has cost them. And the men had a French counterpart. Balzac. The,
story Is a twice told tale how the great
novelist dragged his companion
through Paris one memorable night in
search of a name tn fit one of his stu- j
pendous creations, and just as the dawn |
was beginning to break and the com-
panion's strength was failing a sign
was found which bore a name suffi-
ciently outlandish to suit even Bal-
zac's taste. The name once given, he
was wont to declare it grew to the
character so that separation was to
him utterly Impossible. Such a separa-
ways be depended upon to protect,, jjon waa rccently enforced on an au-
perform and progress at all times. thor, Miss Anna B. Warner, well known
j from her many charming books and
even more famous as the sister of Susan
Warner, who wrote "The Wide, Wide
World," planned a book which was to
treat of West Point life. In searching
for a name for her hero which would
not be likely to appear in any army
seekers of ! who are cut the deepest are the ones
one time the who allowed themselves to be delu-
ded into chasing the reform will-o'-
the-wisp and voting the populist
ticket. They are wiser, and sadder,
now and the majority of them will
next vole where it will count ill
rolling up the total vote for the Re-
publican party, the party lhat can al-
The St. Joseph
Weekly Herald
AND-
THE TRANSCRIPT
Until Janus
$2.00
From Now Until January, I, |897
FOR
The coming campaign promises lo be the most exciting ill years.
You can't afford to be without the fullest information when it can be had k
for a small amount of money. Remember—Both papers until
January 1, 1897, for $2.00. •
The United States of America, ton-j Going to California Stop Off At
Inn v to general supposition, has. it ; I-as V<!g;n Hot Spring and Uranl Can-
ii if, , , 1iu on of the Colorado River.
seems, some gold left yet. Its:u"
, The first named is a most delightful re-
people are anxious to by lip at one
time, since the democratic adminis-
tration sees tit to offer them for sale,
$100,000,000 worth of gold bonds.
sort In the Kooky Mountains of New
Mexico, with mineral waters, hot b iths
invigorating climate and varied scenery.
than fifty years, and then only once—
the owner having been a client of her |
father's. She recalled hearing him com- j
ment on the strangeness of the name
and only that circumstance impressed
it on her memory. The book was writ-
ten with the hero bearing the quaint
old name, but when she submitted it
to the publishers she was Informed that
After June 20, the splendid Montezuma I there was some one living of that name
Hotel refitted and under new m inage- who decidedly objected to having it ap-
! ment, will luxuriously care for you. j P*ar "in a book." distinctive as it was
| The Grand Canon U reached by a half- I thro"*h its oddness' Wlth lnward "ro'
j day's stage tide from railroad station at
Flagstaff, Arizona. The trip is comfort-
! ably m ule at moderate cost. Everything
; a quarter of a year for a quarter of a dollar.
THE Twice-a-Week Times
ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.
The subscriptions to the last nation-
al bond issue is convincing proof that
it is not necessary yet to turn Ameri-
•iii securities all over to the Hrittish.
This country si il I has money and I you have seen dwarfs in comparison with one seemed to lit it.
would have more of it if the Demo- | this Titan of chasms. Niagara would be.
cratic administration had the ability
test the patient avthor then set about to
find another name, but the personality
of her hero had become indissolubly
bound to her first choice and no other
to take care of the country's finances.
The Dawes Indian Commission
were to appear before the senate
committee on Indian affairs Thursday
of litis week to make a report De-
legate Flynn of Oklahoma, is chair-
man of the committee on
affairs.
Indian
The Oklahoma City Times Journal
figures that District clerk Kbey of
Judge Scott's court gets a net
revenue of at least $13,000. Is it
a wonder the present incumbents of
the Territorial offices want lo hang
on as long as possible?
Political mutters are warming up
early in Oklahoma this year for the
members of each party realize that
1890 is to lie a year of struggle for
supremacy. The air, however, is
full of Republican talk and while it
is believed by all that the party will
have a walk-away this year it will
not do to sleep upon
Cliunje
swallowed up in it, and Pike's Peak ap- I BOOKS READ BY NEW WOMAN
pear lusiguifi .unc if plaseJ in the Can-
on's dark depths.
For illustrated books descriptive of
either place, inquire of nearest agent
Santa Fe Route, or address G. T. Niolwl-
son, G. P. A. Monadnock Bidg, Chicago.
CoiiMeiifliis of 8J
in T:*sto.
Does the "new woman" read a differ-
ent class of books from her predeeeiwor,
the old-fashioned woman?
This is the query I gave some librari-
ans to answer, and I learned in return
HARD TC HANDLE.
Q'.rnffo!! Are Very UIHirult AnlniiiU ***
Transport
The latest living example of the gi-
raffe that has so recently been added
ur rights in the society's collection arrived in
am respect for the enemy are vig- j England during the exceptionally hard
, ... ... winter, and. although cooped up In a
ilant and will not let any oppoitunit\ I roughIy bljju ,)0x SPpmed at the end
slip to secure advantage over us. ; „f its jouraey but little worse for it
————— find a day after It had been In Its
OKLAHOMA 1MIGRATION. j house fed heartily and seemed perfect-
•n iii.i i i,„- t i„ i ly well and sound, says Leisure Hours.
rhe Oklahoma (migration & in- _ • •
j It Is a peculiarly handsome marKeu
formation Burenii met tlii« week at j specimen, much darker in color than
Kuid. The purpose of the meeting was I *ny that have previously been brought
i . ... i.. ....1° this countrv. All that we have had
to revise and prepare new advents- L ^ fr(Jm the northern part of
ing matter in the interest of the Ler- \frlca and are known as Nubian; this
ritorv and to arrange for its (listrilm- Icomes from the south. When it
first came it had on a headstall, with
The fact that General Harrison
has withdrawn from the presidential
race need not worry the Republicans
of the country. Mr. Harrison would
make a good president but there is
plenty of other good material to
select from.
The Republican Territorial Central
committee has been called by chair-
man Grimes, to meet at Kingfisher
on date of February 20th 18116, for
the purpose of naming the time
and place of holding a convention or
conventions and transacting other
business that mav come before it.
tion, and other matters of general
interest to the Territory. The
different members are alive to the
occasion. Every county but one in
the Territory was represented. It
was decided to prepare at once 50,000
copies*of an advertising pamphlet.
This will be the largest edition ever
printed in Oklahoma, and will lie of
untold value in setting out to the
world the advantage of Oklahoma.
llll.
Despite the hard light made
against him, Pat Nagle has been
confirmed as U. S. Marshal for Ok-
lahoma. Further investigations seem
to have stopped for the time lieiug
but undoubtedly there are other Ok-
lahoma officials who are still on the
anxious seat.
• 25 CENTS rOR TOUR MONTHS.
The
Tlie Oklahoma Champion, tiie new J
populist paper at Oklahoma City,
has made its appearance and barring its
political compilation, is a clean sheet.
Messrs, Hudson it Stafford are ex-
perienced and able newspaper men
and have our best wishes for financial
success in their new deal.
The press all over Oklahoma is
commenting upon the threat made
by certain insurance companies to
raise rates or withdraw from the
Territory. The present rates are
robbery, nothing more or less and a
great many people have wisely come
to the conclusion that they can
afford to carry their own risks.
NECESSITY OF STATE-
HOOD.
The report of the Attorney General
of the United States in answer to a
resolution, shows figures of expense
items that have opened the eves of
Oklahoma people to the fact that
corrupt methods are being employed
by Democratic officials that ought to
convince every person of the neces-
sity of a change such as statehood
would bring. The array of figures
is a startling one and it is not to be
wondered at that the Attorney
General should make the statement
that officials of Oklahoma have caused
the department of justice more
trouble than any other district in the
United Stales. The investigations
recently made in the U. S. Marshal's
office show that there is good grounds
for such a statement. The amount
of fees collected h so largely in ex-
cess of the sum collected by tli
officials of other territories and states
as to prove beyond doubt that they
are not legally earned. A change is
necessary, that much is obvious, and
as further investigations are mailt
the necessity will become more ap
parent. Give Oklahoma statehood
and a Republican administration and
it will progress.
rope halter. This, it was felt, it
would be wise to take off and we hap-
pened to be present the morning it
was done. On paper It seemed an easy
thing t« do—lust take It off: but with
* frisky and timid creature like the gi-
raffe It was hard work for three strong
men. First they had to get a rope
ironnd the leather headstall, then the
moment that was done the creature
pirouetted around and around and
twisted the rope about Its neck and
legs so that the keepers were in the
utmost alarm lest in its frantic strug-
gles It should seriously damage Itself.
At last they unwound the rope and en-
ieavored to pull the giraffe's high
lead down to such a level that they
:ould get at It, but after a time, just
s victory seemed certain, it suddenly
dewed away, twisting the cord again
ind again around its neck. At last,
lowever, they did succeed. One clev-
sr cut with a sharp knife and the
whole headstall fell off and the crea-
ture bounded away with (lying heels,
much to the danger of the three men.
Vlr. Windhorn, the Cape farmer who
:aught and brought it over, described
low he feared it would hardly live, as
t was so thin and emaciated when he
tot It, but soon it took to feeding and
tot into better condition. He had a
ong ride after it and caught it with
i lasso, which he is an adept at throw-
ing.
It Is curious how timid these crea-
.ures are about certain sounds. Noisy
lounds, like a man walking by with
lobnail boots, It does not notice, but
i lady coming In with hardly more
?ound than the mere rustling of her
iress makes it start, with pricked ears
ind dlsteaded eyes. We remember
well after the terrible explosion of
gunpowder on a barge on the neigh-
boring canal, asking the keeper of the
5iraffes of that day how they had
aken it, and he said he was surprised
now very little notice they took at all.
They jumped to their feet, but almost
it once lay down again when they
lound that nothing had happened.
"But," he added, "if I was at night
timo to creep along that gallery in my
jocks quietly, they would be so scared
lhat I believe they would dash them-
jelves to bits." They fear the lurking
toe and a big bang scares them iess
;ba« a faint, rustling sound. They are
m thaf vatv d.^rJik6
Beginning January 1, The Twice- a- Week Times will i e sent to any
address in the United States Four Months for
IAL A VW IAi
ilp Tyr ww ww wif w v "w vwv- wit
The Presidential Campaign will soon lie here. Already the signs
point to a most exciting time. You can't afford to be without a paper
that prints ajl the news of all the parlies.
The Times has fully prepared itself to print more campagin news
than any paper west of New York. Special correspondents will tell the
truth and keep you fully posted from day to day.
Exclusive writers at Washington have been especially engaged for
the work! Can you afford to be without this information when 25 cents
will keep you fully and faithfully advised for four long months'
Don't delay. This offer will not last long.
that the new woman does. "I don't .
menn to say," one replied, "that every | REMEMBER THE CAMPAIGN RATE-
woman who comes in to get a book
eschews the romantic and new, but the
surprising fact is that so many actually
a&k for the deepest works on political
subjects. My assistant and myself
were at first amused, now we regard it
as a significant movement.
The change began, I gathered from a
consensus of reports, about three years
ago; since then it has rapidly broadened
and deepened. All works on sociology
and political science are called for as
eagerly by one sex as the other. The
favorites seem to be Prof. Ely's series
on political science. All governmental
questions are carefully studied, and
anything that relates to the tariff is
popular.
"To my mind," said an aged keeper
of books, "the American woman, as she
is represented in New York by her
reading, is developing in a political way
marvelously; not that it will have any
e3ect in helping them to obtain suf-
frage, but such powers will make them
powers behind the throne."
Take the French woman of De Stael's
era and the English woman of to-day
they are amazingly learned in local
political meanings. I do not consider
that this reading is an evidence of the
"new woman," but rather that the
Americans do not wish to be behind
women of other countries in their abili-
ty to compete intellectually with men
on national subjects.
"Yes," said another librarian, "there
is no denying that women are calling
for heavy political works more every
day, but." he thoughtfully added, "it
haa long been a question with me as to
their reading them; I think, possibly,
the husbands had sent for them.
EYE GLASSES
Protect Your Eyes.
MR. H. HIRSCHBERG,
well known eye expert of New York,
and St. Louis. Mo. has appointed BLAKE &
TEELas aprents for his celebriited Non-Changeable vnec-
tucles and Eye-Glasses, and every pail purchas
guaranteed, so at any timea ehainre is necessnrv (no
matter how scratched the lenses), they will furnish the
party with a new pair of glasses, free of charge. Hlake
it I'eelhasa full assortment, and invite all who wishes to
satisfy themselves of the great superiority of these glass-
es over any and all others now in use. to rail and exam-
ine them at thestoreof Itlake* IVel.soleagents.Norman
None genuine unless staitiped •'non-changeable."
No Peddlers Supplied
Blue Front Meat Market,
Kept by
SIGMON & McGILL,
JvS the
l*lace to
BUY YDUR MEAT-
They always have on hand everything
I don't,
kept in a first-class market.
Three doors East of Opera House. NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.
I trade here
leather-Covered I'ianos.
A decided novelty iu the way ot piano
casing—the invention of a Milwaukee
music dealer—is on exhibition in the
University building, Broadway. After
several years of study and experiment
the inventor hit upon leather as the
moat attracts e as well as the most
durable article for incasing pianos. The
instrument was built in Buffalo. The
color of leather selected for the flrst
specimen instrument was a rich black,
nandsomely embossed, giving the im-
pression of e*:quisite carving. Not only
does the instrument thus incased pre-
sent a most attractive and dignified ap-
pearance but it has the advantage of
being something in finish that cannot
be marred or spotted.—Milwaukee Wis-
consin.
Improving an Old Hospital.
New York Herald: In a little while
the old United States Naval hospital on
the shores of historic Wallabout will
not know itself. It was built in 1839,
and for nearly sixty years it has ntood
there, facing the blasts practically un-
changed. Improvements have been
made from time to time, but the gray
granite walls seem as permanent as
the pyramids of Egypt. The repairs now
being made will not only enlarge It*
capacity, but make it good for another
ixty years. Congress at its last senrioi
appropriated $39,000 to make Uw ts>
orovemenU.
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